# Books like Widget

**10** books similar to *Widget* by Lyn Rossiter McFarland (Realistic Fiction · grades K–3), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** cats, dogs, dogs, fiction, cats, fiction
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## Similar books

- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and same genre (Realistic Fiction).
- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–5)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–5).
- [Titanicat](https://readinglist.school/book/titanicat) by Marty Crisp _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and cats, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Cat Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/cat-secrets) by Jef Czekaj _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and cats, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Hachiko](https://readinglist.school/book/hachiko) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, both on the Mountain Laurel Book Award (Pennsylvania) list, and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Madeline Finn and the Library Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/madeline-finn-and-the-library-dog) by Lisa Papp _(Grades K–2)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–2).
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [The Dog Who Had Kittens](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dog-who-had-kittens) by Polly M. Robertus _(Grades K–3)_ — Shares themes of cats and dogs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of dogs and dogs, fiction, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (3–6).

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